The New Michigan: Mostly Out of Staters
Only 14 Michiganders in the past four seasons (2008-2011 recruiting classes) committed, and only 14 will be on the 2011 team!!! Only 50 of 120 players (41.67%)on the 2010 roster went to high school in Michigan.
Michigan Football Scholarship Situation for 2011
National Football Recruiting 2010
Battle for Michigan Football Recruits
Michigan Decommitments, Transfers and Resignations in Coach Rod's Era
| Recruits for 2011 | State |
Bellomy, Russell Beyer, Brennan Brown, Greg Bryant, Chris Carter, Tamani Countess, Blake Hayes, Justice Heitzman, Keith Hollowell, Delonte |
Texas Michigan Ohio Illinois Ohio Maryland Michigan Ohio Michigan |
Jones, Kellen Miller, Jack Morgan, Desmond Poole, Antonio Posada, Tony Rawls, Thomas Rock, Chris Taylor, Ramon Wile, Matt |
Texas Ohio Michigan Ohio Florida Michigan Ohio Michigan California
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6 from Ohio and 6 from Michigan thus far, 2 from Texas, and one each from California, Florida, Illinois and Maryland; Thank Goodness that Brady Hoke has straightened out things with Michigan and Ohio being the top priority in recruiting over Florida
| Recruits for 2010 | State |
Ash, Richard Avery, Courtney Black, Jibreel Christian, Cullen Dileo, Drew Dorsey, Demar (Never Enrolled at Michigan, to Louisville) Furman, Josh Gardner, Devin |
Florida Ohio Ohio Pennsylvania Louisiana Florida Maryland Michigan |
Hagerup, Will Hopkins, Stephen Jackson, Jeremy |
Wisconsin Texas Michigan |
Johnson, Carvin Jones, Conelius (Never enrolled, NCAA Clearinghouse) Kinard, Antonio (Never enrolled, NCAA Clearinghouse) |
Louisiana South Carolina Ohio |
Miller, Ricardo Pace, Christian Paskorz, Jordan |
Florida Ohio Pennsylvania |
Robinson, Jerald Robinson, Marvin Rogers, Davion (Never enrolled, NCAA Clearinghouse) Ryan, Jake Talbott, Terry Talbott, Terrence Vinopal, Ray |
Ohio Florida Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio |
White, Austin (Transfer to ?) Wilkins, Ken Williamson, D.J. |
Michigan Pennsylvania Ohio |
3 recruits from Michigan and 11 from Ohio.
Michigan State has pledges of 5 of the Top 10 Michigan prospects, and we lose C.J. Olaniyan and Robert Bolden to Penn State; 8 of the Top 20 Michigan prospects pledge to out of state schools
| Recruits for 2009 | State |
| Bell, Isaiah | Ohio |
| Campbell, Will | Michigan |
| Emilien, Vladimir (Transfer to Colorado) |
Florida |
| Forcier, Tate | California |
| Gallon, Jeremy | Florida |
| Gibbons, Brendan | Florida |
| Gordon, Cameron | Michigan |
| Gordon, Thomas | Michigan |
| Hawthorne, Brandin | Florida |
| Stokes, Je'Ron | Pennsylvania |
| Jones, Mike | Florida |
| Jones, Teric | Michigan |
| Lewan, Taylor | Arizona |
| Lolata, Anthony (Transfer to Rutgers) |
New Jersey |
| Robinson, Denard | Florida |
| Roh, Craig | Arizona |
| Schofield, Mike | Illinois |
| Smith, Vincent | Florida |
| Toussaint, Fitzgerald | Ohio |
| Turner, J.T. (Transfer to West Virginia) |
Ohio |
| Washington, Quinton | South Carolina |
| Witty, Adrian (Cincinnati Transfer) |
Florida |
4 Michiganders and 3 from Ohio! I wonder if out of state recruits will be aware of, understand and learn Michigan football traditions?
We lose out on James Jackson and Reid Fragel (Ohio State) and Michigan State signs 7 of the Top 10 Michigan prospects
| Recruits for 2008 | State |
| Barnum, Ricky | Florida |
Cissoko, Boubacar (In Prison) |
Michigan |
| Cox, Mike | Massachusetts |
| Demens, Kenny | Michigan |
| Feagin, Justin (Cocaine Issues) | Florida |
| Fitzgerald, J.B. | New Jersey |
| Floyd, J.T. | Tennessee |
Hill, Taylor (Transfer to Kent State) Khoury, Rocko |
Ohio Michigan |
| Koger, Kevin | Ohio |
| Martin, Mike | Michigan |
| McGuffie, Sam (Transfer to Rice) | Texas |
| Mealer, Elliott | Ohio |
| Moore, Brandon | Ohio |
| Morales, George | Nevada |
| Odoms, Martavious | Florida |
| Omameh, Patrick | Ohio |
| O'Neill, Dann (Transfer to Western Michigan) | Michigan |
Robinson, Terrence Roundtree, Roy |
Texas Ohio |
| Shaw, Michael | Ohio |
| Smith, Brandon (Transfer to Temple) | New Jersey |
| Stonum, Darryl DC | Texas |
Wermers, Kurt (Transfer to Ball State) Witherspoon, Marcus (Transfer to Rutgers) |
Indiana New Jersey |
5 Michiganders, all Carr Recruits, 7 from Ohio
We lose out on Heisman Winner from Flint, Mark Ingram (Alabama), Nick Perry (USC)
5 Michiganders, 0 from Ohio (Tressel Influence)
We lose out on Ron Johnson (USC)
11 Michiganders, 2 from Ohio
Tressel Influence: defeats Michigan 6 years in a row and 8 of 9 years and tells Ohio recruits if they don't go to Ohio State, please go to another school other than Michigan